Recycle Shop Eko Steam Page Opens, Horror Novel Puzzles Set for 2026
The store page launch confirms the game's free price and its unusual structure that pairs time-limited 3-match puzzles with surveillance footage-style horror storytelling, all without jump scares.
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Developer 8th Street opened the Steam store page for Recycle Shop Eko on August 31. The game blends binary art style 3-match puzzles with a horror novel, tasking players to observe 7 characters and investigate supernatural phenomena across 35 episodes. It releases within 2026 and is free to play.
8th Street published the Steam store page for Recycle Shop Eko on August 31, with a gameplay video added to the page. The game is set to launch within 2026 at a free price.
Recycle Shop Eko combines binary art style 3-match puzzles with a horror novel. Players respond to customer orders in time-limited puzzles, and the scores earned become in-game currency. That currency unlocks 35 episodes of scenarios, each readable in about 2 to 3 minutes, covering the stories of 7 characters.
The novel portion unfolds while checking surveillance camera footage, letting players investigate each person and search for clues about supernatural phenomena. The game avoids fright effects such as jump scares, with no loud sounds or sudden scary images in the scenarios.
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